The Accra High Court has adjourned hearing for an injunction application filed by the Attorney-General against the Ghana Football Association. The case was adjourned to Thursday July 12, 2018 to allow lawyers for the GFA to respond to the application. Last month, the A-G filed an ex- parte application for a ten-day injunction on all football activities in the country which also bars the GFA and its officials from carrying out any official duties within the stipulated time. After the expiration of the 10 days, the A-G filed another application this time a motion on notice to extend the injunction.…
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GNPC Foundation, the Corporate Social arm of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, (GNPC )will on Friday, July 13, 2018 cut sod to construct an Ultra Modern Artificial Turf at the Effia-Kuma Police Park,Takoradi. The traditional football ground, which has seen the rise of many football stars in the western Region will be turned from the Sandy ground to an ultra Modern artificial Astro Turf courtesy GNPC Foundation. Dr. K.K.Sarpong, (Chief Excutive Officer of GNPC), Dr.Kwame Baah- Nuako (Executive Director of GNPC Foundation), Moses Antwi- Benefo( Head of Media and PR at GNPC Foundation) and Honorable Joseph Cudjoe, who’s the Member…
The Sekondi Sports Stadium might replace Accra Sports Stadium for the upcoming 2018 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations after a delegation from Confederation of Africa Football, the Local Organising Committee and some authorities from the Western Region inspected the facility today, July 8, 2018. Honourable Alex Agyekum, Member of Parliament for Mpohor in the Western Region led a team of Officials from CAF headed by, Mr Sampson Adamu, the LOC chairperson, Honourable Freda Prempeh and some officials from the Ministry of Youth and Sports to do an inspection at the Sekondi Sports Stadium, as a possible replacement for the Accra…
Connect FM’s Community Rap Battle lands Sekondi. The search for who the best young rapper is in Sekondi Takoradi communities storm at Sekondi Konfoase, Last Saturday. Chi-Chicks, Kwaku Banny and Thermal Marley were selected as winners from Sekondi. The next stop of the prelims is Takoradi. kyfilla can confirmed the grand finale is scheduled to come off at the Takoradi jubilee park after visiting the four communities for the winners. The winner will get a recording deal from Media General and lots of other offers and prizes.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated newly elected executives of the New Patriotic Party who emerged victorious in the weekend polls. The elected executives who were elected at the Party’s National Delegates’ Conference, held in Koforidua, in the Eastern region, on Saturday, 7 July, 2018 will steer the affairs of the governing party for the next four years. In a statement signed by the President to extend his best wishes to the newly elected national officers of the NPP, he said ” I congratulate warmly the new National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Mr. Freddie Worsemawu Blay, Ellembelle…
Ace sports journalist at Skyy Power 93.5fm, Oti-Asirifi Mensah Joseph has joined the list of sports personalities in Ghana in congratulating former Hearts of oak Management Member Abdul Aziz Haruna Futa for being elected the National Nassara Coordinator of the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP) at its Annual Delegates Conference elections held at the Koforidua Technical University on Saturday 7th July, 2018. Oti-Asirifi Mensah Joseph, who also doubles as the Senior Assistant Registrar at Takoradi Technical University ( TTU), shared his message in a WhatsApp group Sports Page, congratulating Aziz Haruna Futa for achieving such feet in his political career. He…
Former Management Member of Ghana Premier Club Accra Hearts of oak , Abdul Aziz Haruna Futa, has been elected as the National Nassara Coordinator of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in elections held at the Koforidua Technical University as part of the 2018 Annual National Delegates Conference of the party. Aziz, as he is affectionately called, polled 201 votes to beat 13 other contestants in elections held at the Koforidua Technical University as part of the 2018 Annual National Delegates’ Conference of the party. His closest contender was Ahmed Zaruk Nuhu, who polled 123 votes. Aziz Haruna has been known…
The New Patriotic Party has elected Freddie Blay as its Chairman at the just eneded National Delgates Conference held in the Eastern regional capital, Koforidua. He beat off stiff oppoisition from Freddie Worsemawu Blay, Dr Richard Amoako Baah, Stephen Ayesu Ntim who were hoping to take up the mantle of leadership. Blay polled 3021 votes as against Ntim’s 2515 votes. Dr Richard Amoako Baah polled 18 votes. This is the fourth time that Mr Stephen Ntim has attempted to serve the NPP as national chairman but has not been successful. Most Rev Dr Samuel Asante Antwi swore the new elected…
The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has provisionally suspended eleven Ghanaian referees while handing down various punitive bans on 11 others, including a life sentence on celebrated Kenyan assistant referee Aden Marwa Range from all football activities.  The sanctions were handed on Saturday by CAF’s Disciplinary Board and are in connection with the latest undercover works of investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas into football corruption. Ghanaian referees Reginald Lathbridge, Bello Aboudou, Eric Nantiere , Cecil Fleischer, Nathan Anafo, Ouedraogo Dawood, Salifu Malik, Theresa Akongyam, Badiu Ibrahim, Jerry Yekeh and David Laryea have been suspended provisionally pending their appearance before…
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced that he will reinstate suspended Deputy Sports Minister Pius Enam Hadzide to his post upon return to work on Monday, June 9 2018. Speaking at the National Delegates Conference of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Saturday, the President revealed that the Minister had been exonerated after a Police CID probe into the circumstances that led to the arrest of some 60 Ghanaians who had allegedly posed as journalists to cover the Commonwealth games in Australia about three months ago. “Yesterday, when I returned from my state trip in South Africa, I received a…